Definition of Family pterodactylidae

1. Noun. A reptile family in the order Pterosauria.

Exact synonyms: Pterodactylidae
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Order Pterosauria, Pterosauria
Member holonyms: Genus Pterodactylus, Pterodactylus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Pterodactylidae

family Proteaceae
family Proteidae
family Prunellidae
family Pseudococcidae
family Pseudomonodaceae
family Psilophytaceae
family Psilotaceae
family Psittacidae
family Psocidae
family Psophiidae
family Psychodidae
family Psyllidae
family Pteridaceae
family Pteriidae
family Pteroclididae
family Pterodactylidae
family Ptilonorhynchidae
family Pucciniaceae
family Pulicidae
family Punicaceae
family Pygopodidae
family Pyralidae
family Pyralididae
family Pyrolaceae
family Pyrrhocoridae
family Pythiaceae
family Pythonidae
family Rachycentridae
family Rafflesiaceae
family Rajidae

Literary usage of Family pterodactylidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fieldiana: Geology by Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Natural History Museum (1907)
"Tail short; wing metacarpal, at least as long as the bones of the antebrachium; fifth digit of pes vestigial, without phalanges. family pterodactylidae. ..."

2. Publication by Field Columbian Museum, Field Museum of Natural History (1907)
"Tail short; wing metacarpal, at least as long as the bones of the antebrachium; fifth digit of pes vestigial, without phalanges. family pterodactylidae. ..."

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